Keselowski Earns Fourth Win of 2016 –
Brad Keselowski’s win today is his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory of the season and 21st of his career.
- This marks the first time since last year that a Ford driver has won back-to-back races. Joey Logano did it last year when he swept the Chase Contender Round and won at Charlotte, Kansas and Talladega.
- In addition, it is the 52nd series win for Team Penske with Ford.
- The win is Fusion’s 76th NSCS triumph since becoming Ford’s flagship vehicle in 2006.
- Ford now has 644 all-time NSCS victories.
- Of Team Penske’s 52 NSCS wins with Ford, 25 have come over the past three years.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – HOW DID YOU SAVE FUEL AND HOLD OFF CARL AT THE END? “We almost didn’t, but I’ve got to give credit to my guys, the Roush Yates Engine shop, and everybody at Ford. We knew the fuel mileage. We went out and we set a really fast pace there on that restart and was just using fuel, and then it became obvious that you were gonna have to save fuel at the end, but I already used so much. It’s a testament to our guys to have the fuel mileage that we did to be able to get back what I burnt early in the run and get the Miller Lite Ford in Victory Lane. It’s number four this year. Gosh, that’s great. Usually these repaves are kind of my Achilles heel, but to get a win here at Kentucky. I know it’s been a good track for us in the past, but this isn’t the same Kentucky, I can tell you that. These cars were tough to drive today, but a good tough. This was a hard-fought battle and I’m really proud of everybody on the 2 crew to get win number four and take that first place.”
WHAT WILL YOUR NOTES SAY LEAVING HERE TONIGHT? “Save fuel.”
IS THIS A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME? “Yeah, this is our best stretch and I’m really, really proud of that. We’ve got to keep it going through the fall, that’s really important, but this is great. I’m just so proud of my guys. I feel terrible for the fans because I didn’t get to do a burnout. I didn’t have any gas. The car wouldn’t run, but we’re back here in Victory Lane and what a great Saturday night.”
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A TOW TRUCK TAKE YOU TO VICTORY LANE? “I don’t know if I’ve ever had that. I don’t want to have it ever again. I’d rather drive it in Victory Lane, but you take them any way you can get them, and I’m glad to be here and glad to be doing things that are fun on a Saturday night. I know there is a lot going on in the country to be down about, but here we are we’re at a race track, we’re having run, and I just want to say thank you to all the fans that watch and care about our sport. We’re thinking about those who made some tremendous sacrifices over the last few weeks and months, and I’m just glad to be here.”
TREVOR BAYNE – No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion – “It was slick. The first run I was like, ‘Man, we’ve got a top 10 car.’ We drove up to 12th and we were decent. Then we took four tires and a lot of guys took two and that put us back in track position that hurt us the rest of the race. We could never get it back, but at the end the result is really all that matters and we got to 11th. I probably could have held off three or four more of those guys if I knew I had enough fuel, but you’ve got to save all you can. I almost ran out coming to the checkers, so I saved just enough but maybe could have held them off. I don’t know. It’s a good day for our team and a good points day. We just have to keep building on it and get faster with our race cars so we don’t have to do it on fuel mileage.”
